“Not every bagman is meant to be a prince”

Bloomberg’s Francis Wilkinson has this piece regarding Hillary Clinton and her very, very likely run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. Wilkinson pleads with Secretary Clinton to “spare us the sleaze,” the most high-profile example of which is Terry McAuliffe. One can debate whether Mrs. Clinton has such powers. But it is the way in which Wilkinson describes McAuliffe that bears special mention:

Terry McAuliffe, the huckster who managed to do well by doing Clinton, is running for governor of Virginia. Not every bagman is meant to be a prince. Bebe Rebozo, Nixon’s floating bank, never ran for governor of Florida — he managed to be content with a yacht and a solicitous friend in the White House. Can’t McAuliffe be satisfied with his connections and the riches he has strip-mined from them?